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February 25, 2026
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Feb. 25, 2026 Eating nothing but oatmeal for just two days might sound extreme, but it delivered a striking payoff in a new clinical trial. People with metabolic syndrome who followed a short, calorie-reduced oat-based plan saw their harmful LDL cholesterol drop ...
Feb. 25, 2026 Scientists have zeroed in on a critical weak spot behind a rare but devastating brain autoimmune disorder often known as “Brain on Fire.” The disease strikes when the immune system attacks NMDA receptors—key molecules involved in memory and ...
Feb. 25, 2026 Earth’s magnetic shield is shifting in dramatic ways. New data from ESA’s Swarm satellites show that the South Atlantic Anomaly — a vast weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field — has grown by ...
Feb. 25, 2026 Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic radiation. Ice mixed with Martian-like soil, ...
Feb. 25, 2026 Quantum computers need special materials called topological superconductors—but they’ve been notoriously difficult to create. Researchers have now shown they can trigger this exotic state by subtly adjusting the mix of tellurium and selenium in ...
Feb. 25, 2026 A lost cache of 250-million-year-old fossils from Australia has rewritten part of the story of life after Earth’s worst mass extinction. Instead of a single marine amphibian species, researchers ...
Feb. 25, 2026 A weeklong, high-intensity version of TMS may work nearly as well as the standard six-week treatment for depression. In a UCLA study, patients who received five sessions a day for five days experienced meaningful symptom relief comparable to those ...
Feb. 25, 2026 Horses have a vocal trick no one fully understood until now. Scientists have discovered that when a horse whinnies, it produces two completely different sounds at the same time. One is a deep tone created by vibrating the vocal folds, similar to how ...
Feb. 25, 2026 Researchers have detected microplastics in nearly all prostate cancer tumors examined in a new study. Tumor tissue contained about 2.5 times more plastic than nearby healthy prostate tissue. Scientists say this is the first Western study to directly ...
Feb. 25, 2026 More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new computational study of more than 3,000 of these ...
Feb. 24, 2026 After nearly 50 years of failed attempts and scientific speculation, chemists at Saarland University have achieved what many thought might be impossible: creating a long-sought silicon-based aromatic ...
Feb. 24, 2026 Subtle changes in brain blood flow and oxygen use are closely linked to hallmark signs of Alzheimer’s, including amyloid plaques and memory-related brain shrinkage. Simple, noninvasive scans may one day help spot risk earlier—by looking at the ...
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Feb. 24, 2026 Deep inside the Milky Way, an invisible force is quietly holding everything together — its magnetic field. Now, researchers have created one of the most detailed maps ever of this hidden structure, ...
Feb. 24, 2026 Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ionosphere, it may generate electric fields that penetrate fragile fracture ...
Feb. 24, 2026 Deep in the Congo Basin, vast peatlands quietly store enormous amounts of Earth’s carbon — but new research suggests this ancient vault may be ...
Feb. 24, 2026 A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” the three-meter-long marine reptile lived ...
Feb. 24, 2026 Researchers are engineering bacteria to invade tumors and consume them from the inside. Because tumor cores lack oxygen, they’re the perfect breeding ground for these microbes. The team added a ...
Feb. 23, 2026 Training harder may do more than build muscle—it could transform your gut. Researchers found that intense workouts change the balance of bacteria and important compounds in athletes’ digestive ...
Feb. 23, 2026 A UCLA study in mice reveals that aging muscle stem cells accumulate a protein that slows repair but boosts survival. This protein, NDRG1, acts like a brake, preventing cells from activating quickly ...
Feb. 23, 2026 Far beneath the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,000 kilometers off Portugal’s coast, lies a colossal underwater canyon system that dwarfs even the Grand Canyon. Known as the King’s Trough Complex, this ...
Feb. 23, 2026 A century after Erwin Schrödinger sketched out a bold vision for how we perceive color, scientists have finally filled in the missing pieces. A Los Alamos team used advanced geometry to show that ...
Feb. 23, 2026 Scientists at Stanford Medicine have unveiled a bold new kind of “universal” vaccine that could one day protect against everything from COVID-19 ...
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Feb. 23, 2026 Cleaner wrasse have revealed a remarkable new side of fish intelligence. Marked with fake parasites, they used mirrors to inspect and remove the spots—far faster than seen in earlier tests. Even ...
Feb. 21, 2026 Scientists may have spotted a long-sought triplet superconductor — a material that can transmit both electricity and electron spin with zero resistance. That ability could dramatically stabilize ...
Feb. 23, 2026 Deep in the heart of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered Spinosaurus mirabilis — a spectacular new predator crowned with a massive, scimitar-shaped crest that may once have blazed with color ...
Feb. 23, 2026 Far beyond Neptune, in the frozen depths of the Kuiper Belt, many ancient objects oddly resemble giant snowmen made of ice and rock. For years, scientists wondered how these delicate two-lobed shapes ...
Feb. 21, 2026 Living at high altitude appears to protect against diabetes, and scientists have finally discovered the reason. When oxygen levels drop, red blood cells switch into a new metabolic mode and absorb ...
Feb. 21, 2026 For the first time, scientists have mapped Uranus’s upper atmosphere in three dimensions, tracking temperatures and charged particles up to 5,000 kilometers above the clouds. Webb’s sharp vision ...
Feb. 21, 2026 Astronomers have uncovered one of the most mysterious galaxies ever found — a dim, ghostly object called CDG-2 that is almost entirely made of dark matter. Located 300 million light-years away in ...
Feb. 20, 2026 For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually giving rise to plants, animals, and fungi. But one major puzzle remained: how ...
Feb. 19, 2026 Scientists have taken a major step toward mimicking nature’s tiniest gateways by creating ultra-small pores that rival the dimensions of biological ion channels—just a few atoms wide. The ...
Feb. 20, 2026 Exercise may sharpen the mind by repairing the brain’s protective shield. Researchers found that physical activity prompts the liver to release an enzyme that removes a harmful protein causing the ...
Feb. 19, 2026 A major breakthrough could help save the world’s bananas from a devastating disease. Scientists have discovered the exact genetic region in a wild banana that provides resistance to Fusarium wilt ...
Feb. 21, 2026 Researchers tested whether generative AI could handle complex medical datasets as well as human experts. In some cases, the AI matched or outperformed teams that had spent months building prediction ...
Feb. 22, 2026 Triceratops’ massive head may have been doing more than just showing off those famous horns. Using CT scans and 3D reconstructions of fossil skulls, researchers uncovered a surprisingly complex ...
Feb. 20, 2026 Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In a sweeping study of nearly 28 million older Americans, researchers found that ...
Feb. 19, 2026 Ancient DNA from a Stone Age burial site in Sweden shows that families 5,500 years ago were more complex than expected. Many individuals buried together were not immediate family, but second- or ...
Feb. 19, 2026 Myopia is skyrocketing around the world, often blamed on endless screen time — but new research suggests the real culprit may be something more subtle. Scientists at SUNY College of Optometry ...
Feb. 18, 2026 Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the Moon is still contracting and reshaping itself. These features are ...
Feb. 21, 2026 Deep inside a Romanian ice cave, locked away in a 5,000-year-old layer of ice, scientists have uncovered a bacterium with a startling secret: it’s resistant to many modern antibiotics. Despite ...
Feb. 18, 2026 Scientists have developed a powerful new way to forecast where some of the world’s most dangerous scorpions are likely to be found. By combining fieldwork in Africa with advanced computer modeling, ...
Feb. 18, 2026 Intermittent fasting has become one of the most talked-about weight loss trends in recent years, promising dramatic results with simple changes to when you eat. But a major Cochrane review suggests ...
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- A Giant Blade-Crested Spinosaurus, the “hell Heron,” Discovered in the Sahara
- Why the Outer Solar System Is Filled With Giant Cosmic “snowmen”
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- Scientists Discover Why High Altitude Protects Against Diabetes
- James Webb Space Telescope Captures Strange Magnetic Forces Warping Uranus
- NASA’s Hubble Spots Nearly Invisible “ghost Galaxy” Made of 99% Dark Matter
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- Ancient DNA Solves 5,500 Year Old Burial Mystery in Sweden
- The Nearsightedness Explosion May Be Fueled by Dim Indoor Light, Not Just Screens
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- New Map Reveals Where Lethal Scorpions Are Most Likely to Strike
- Intermittent Fasting Fails to Beat Standard Dieting for Weight Loss
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- Couples Who Savor Happy Moments Together Have Stronger, Longer-Lasting Relationships
- The Human Exposome Could Change Everything We Know About Disease
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- Scientists Used Brain Stimulation to Make People More Generous
- Twin Beams Blast from a Hidden Star in Stunning Hubble Space Telescope Image
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- Asteroid Bennu Reveals a New Pathway to Life’s Chemistry
- Radar Evidence Suggests a Massive Lava Tube Beneath Venus
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- Just 5 Weeks of Brain Training May Protect Against Dementia for 20 Years
- Astronomers Shocked by How These Giant Exoplanets Formed
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
- Ancient Microbes May Have Used Oxygen 500 Million Years Before It Filled Earth’s Atmosphere
- Breakthrough CRISPR System Could Reverse Antibiotic Resistance Crisis
Thursday, February 12, 2026
- NASA Scientists Say Meteorites Can’t Explain Mysterious Organic Compounds on Mars
- James Webb Reveals Extraordinary Organic Molecules in an Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxy
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- Physicists Discover What Controls the Speed of Quantum Time
- Italy’s Winter Olympics Are Stunning from Space
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- Doctors Implant Dopamine-Producing Stem Cells in Parkinson’s Patients
- Scientists Just Mapped Mysterious Earthquakes Deep Inside Earth
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- Scientists Found a Way to Plant Ideas in Dreams to Boost Creativity
- Massive Study Finds Most Statin Side Effects Aren’t Caused by the Drugs
Thursday, February 12, 2026
- Snowball Earth Was Not Completely Frozen, New Study Reveals
- H5N1 Bird Flu Kills More Than 50 Skuas in First Antarctica Wildlife Die Off
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- Scientists Find Genes That Existed Before All Life on Earth
- A Bonobo’s Pretend Tea Party Is Rewriting What We Know About Imagination
- When Immune Cells Stop Fighting Cancer and Start Helping It
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- Scientists Find a Missing Link Between Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis
- This Tiny Molecular Trick Makes Spider Silk Almost Unbreakable
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- New Drug Resets the Body Clock and Cuts Jet Lag Recovery Nearly in Half
- Pumas Are Back in Patagonia and Penguins Are Paying the Price
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- Scientists Discover Hidden Deep-Earth Structures Shaping the Magnetic Field
- Endangered Sea Turtles Hear Ship Noise Loud and Clear
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- A Hidden Cellular Process May Drive Aging and Disease
- This Strange Little Dinosaur Is Forcing a Rethink of Evolution
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- The Hidden Reason Cancer Immunotherapy Often Fails
- Why Long COVID Brain Fog Seems So Much Worse in the U.S.